Intersting 4kq sighted (opinions?)

[Mark W. Byrum, Jr.]

FWIW, I have to "Amen" the body shop connection.  The taxi cabs in our
neck of the woods often appear with various "body color" trim that was
not in the original.  Sounds like the owner liked the updated "body
color"  everything possible as opposed to chrome or brushed aluminum.
Mark
'95 Sport 90
'86 4kcsq

Tom Nas wrote:

>  "Mark L. Chang" <mchang at ee.washington.edu> wrote:
>
>
>> Saw a very interesting 4kq yesterday on the 520 floating bridge in
>> Seattle, WA.
>> Car looked to be a "normal" Type 85 circa 1985-1987. A few things
>> off-kilter, though -- some obviously non-factory, some looked very
>> factory:
>> The non-factory mods:
>> 1) nose grille horizontal slats painted body color (non-factory)
>> 2) red, yes, red, corner marker lamps, front and rear (non-factory)
>> 3) body-colored side mirror housings (factory?)
>> The factory-looking mods:
>> 1) NO black mouldings on the upper bumper area, front or rear. Both
>> bumper
>> cover assemblies were painted full body color.
>> 2) Color-matched door handles. This was neat.
>> 3) And the Real kicker - the door side mouldings that are about
>> knee-height were not the black monsters with chrome tops like, say
>> here:
>> http://www.audiquattroparts.com/huri%20at%20road%20america.jpg
>> But, rather they were small, maybe 1" wide body-colored mouldings
>> that
>> were very nice looking.
>> I was looking for Tom Nas's "identify the audi" site, but couldn't
>> find
>> it... is this a Euro 90q? INTERESTING. Very nice.
>
>
> Sounds like a custom paint job to me, as Euro 90qs never had more
> parts painted body colour than the US 4ks.
>
> My site's at http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/AudiJunk/
>
> Regards, Tom
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